Hello readers, my name is Spencer Finley; I am one of the two News Editors at the Behrend Beacon and a first-year political science major. Aside from working as an editor at the Beacon, I am also a member of the College Democrats. After I graduate from Behrend, I hope to earn a law degree and get a job as either a constitutional lawyer or a civil rights lawyer. Eventually, my ambition is to run for Congress or even the Presidency. I like to fill my spare time with a variety of activities. I am an avid reader; I am currently reading three books- they are International Relations Between the Two World Wars by E.H. Carr, Changing Patterns of Voting in the Northern United States: Electoral realignment, 1952-1996 by Robert Speel, and Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men’s Dress in the American Republic, 1760-1860 by Michael Zakim. I recently finished reading a 3-volume biography of the Romantic-era virtuoso pianist and compose Franz Liszt by Alan Walker, and Malcom Gladwell’s fascinating study of successful and influential people, Outliers: The Story of Success. In addition to reading, I also play the piano in my spare time. I am currently about to finish learning Franz Liszt’s sixth Hungarian Rhapsody, which I have found to be extremely challenging but highly rewarding. Aside from reading and playing the piano, I enjoy baking, travelling, and hiking. I also enjoy sitting down and having rational, dispassionate debates about the most important issues of the day, political or otherwise. I also love to write- nothing is more enjoyable to me than sitting down, coming up with a topic to write about, doing in-depth research on that subject, and writing my educated thoughts on that topic.